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Universe
Early
Earth
Plate
Tectonics
Minerals
and Rocks
Anatomy
of Earth
Geologic
Time
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Early
Universe
Early
Earth
Plate
Tectonics
Minerals
and Rocks
Anatomy
of Earth
Geologic
Time
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$200 Early Universe
the two most abundant elements
in the Universe
$200 Early Universe Question
What are hydrogen and helium?
H is roughly 30,000
times more abundant
than Fe in universe
$400 Early Universe
the source of elements heavier than
iron (hint: not your bowl of cereal)
$400 Early Universe Question
What are supernovas
(or supernovae)?
$600 Early Universe
phenomenon associated with
objects receding from an observer
at close to the speed of light
$600 Early Universe Question
What is red shift?
Blue shift
Red shift
$800 Early Universe
provides evidence of the character
of the Universe as it was immediately
after the Big Bang
$800 Early Universe Question
What is the Cosmic Microwave
Background (or CMB)?
$200 Early Earth
the age of the Earth
$200 Early Earth Question
What is 4.56 billion years (or 4.56 Ga)?
$400 Early Earth
process by which iron sank to the core
$400 Early Earth Question
What is differentiation of the Earth?
$600 Early Earth
certain types of these objects provide
age constraints on the formation of Earth
$600 Early Earth Question
What are meteorites?
$800 Early Earth
Video Daily Double!
$800 Early Earth
the “tide-turning” result of the
event depicted in the video
$800 Early Earth Question
What is the formation of Earth’s moon?
$200 Plate Tectonics
a succession of extinct volcanoes
that line up parallel to plate motion
$200 Plate Tectonics Question
What are hotspot tracks?
$400 Plate Tectonics
why the asthenosphere is plastic
and the lithosphere is rigid
$400 Plate Tectonics Question
What are differences in temperature?
$600 Plate Tectonics
observations that proved the concept
of sea-floor spreading
$600 Plate Tectonics Question
What are magnetic anomalies
on the sea floor?
$800 Plate Tectonics
the name of the effect of continental
drift on the magnetic orientation of
magnetite in rocks
$800 Plate Tectonics Question
What is apparent polar wander?
$200 Minerals and Rocks
three physical properties that are
diagnostic in identifying minerals
$200 Minerals and Rocks Question
What are color, streak, luster, hardness,
specific gravity, crystal habit,
and cleavage (any 3)?
$400 Minerals and Rocks
the general name for a mineral
that has both oxygen and silicon
$400 Minerals and Rocks
Question
What is a silicate?
$600 Minerals and Rocks
name of a class of igneous rocks with
very low silica content
$600 Minerals and Rocks
Question
What is ultramafic?
plagioclase
pyroxene
olivine
$800 Minerals and Rocks
a type of igneous rock with no minerals
$800 Minerals and Rocks
Question
What is obsidian (or pumice)?
$200 Anatomy of Earth
the two most abundant elements
on Earth
$200 Anatomy of Earth
Question
What are iron and oxygen?
$400 Anatomy of Earth
“rigid” layer composed of both crust
and part of the mantle
$400 Anatomy of Earth Question
What is the lithosphere?
$600 Anatomy of Earth
the source of Earth’s magnetic field
$600 Anatomy of Earth Question
What is the liquid-iron outer core?
$800 Anatomy of Earth
the combined thickness of the core,
mantle and crust
$800 Anatomy of Earth
Question
What is about 6400 km (or 4000 miles)?
$200 Geologic Time
conceptual framework in which the
present is viewed as the key to the past
$200 Geologic Time Question
What is Uniformitarianism?
$400 Geologic Time
encapsulates the idea that fossil
assemblages are not randomly distributed,
but rather succeed one another in
an orderly way across broad areas
$400 Geologic
Time Question
What is the Principle
of Faunal Succession?
$600 Geologic Time
arises when a sedimentary deposit
is eroded and then buried by more
sediment at a later time
$600 Geologic Time Question
What is a disconformity?
$800 Geologic Time
the fraction of original parent atoms
remaining after 3 half lives for a
radioisotope
$800 Geologic Time Question
What is 1/8?
number of half lives
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2/16 = 1/8
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